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Aaron Shepherd

Aaron Shepherd: The Legend of Lightning Larry

For Students 2nd - 8th
At this site listen to a tale retold and read by author Aaron Shepherd. Information provided for Reader's Theater as well as extras provided by the author such as writing ideas and posters.
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EL Education

El Education: Creation of a Nation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This script of a play was created by 4th grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York, as part of a learning expedition on the Revolutionary War and the birth of the United States. Students wrote,...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Playwright | Kids Work!

For Students 3rd - 5th
A Playwright writes a play that is performed by actors on a stage. Students will understand the components that make up a script including characters, background, setting, acts, and scenes. This animated interactive job exploration...
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Fiction Teachers: Classroom Theater

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Lots of resources for those who want to do classroom theater. Contains scripts, lesson plans, and a background essay.
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Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This original script, available in .pdf form, is based on Lois Lowry's "Gooney Bird Greene."
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: A Blot in the 'Scutcheon by Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
More famous as a poet, Robert Browning also wrote several plays. The entire script of this tragedy is offered here in multiple formats.
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Promoting Alabama Youth Development: Module 7: Making Better Choices [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Activities to help teens understand how to make good choices. Includes an activity feedback form for students to fill out, a poster, sample situations teens may face, and several short scripts for role-playing.
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iCivics

I Civics: Trial Court Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the vocabulary and process of small claims court and have the chance to play plaintiff, defendant, judge, and jury in this simulation. The lesson is complete with witness statements, evidence, a trial script, and jury...
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Actors, Producers, and Directors

For Students 9th - 10th
Along with information about Directors, this site evaluates the Nature of Work, Working Conditions, Employment, Training, Other Qualifications, Job Outlook, Earnings, Related Occupations, and Additional Information for Actors and Producers.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Read Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Like an actor's script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm). Sheet music may look complicated, but once you've gotten the hang of a few simple elements like notes, bars and...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Movie vs. Book

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students compare the video version of the teleplay "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" to the actual teleplay. (A teleplay is a play or script written for television.) The links to media in this lesson no longer work,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Irrigation Research Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
A challenge for students to learn more about the importance of field maintenance and water irrigation in sports and then produce a short informational video covering these topics. Specifically, students will record a video after they...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Process of Acting

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about acting and how one actor prepares for her roles. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: The Recycling Maniacs [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Recycling Maniacs is a short script for a classroom play to teach the benefits of recycling.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Cultural Creation Myths

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This ArtsEdge lesson plan provides strategies for teaching the creation myth to high school learners. Students participate in writing intensive activities which relay the various implications of these myths and their relation to the...

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